TY  - CHAP
T1  - Quality of life and relationships in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome: models of self-regulation and psychosocial risk factors
T2  - Urogenital Infections and Inflammations
AU  - Tripp, Dean
AU  - Crawford, Alison
AU  - Nickel, J. Curtis
ED  - Naber, Kurt G.
AD  - Dean Tripp, Queen's University, Psychology, Anesthesia & Urology, 62 Arch street, Humphrey Hall, K7L3N6, Kingston, Canada, Phone: 6135336955, E-mail: dean.tripp@queensu.ca
N2  - Chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome (CP/CPPS) is a condition marked by persistent pain in the perineum, pelvic area, and/or genitalia. The etiology of CP/CPPS remains unknown, making it a difficult to diagnose and to treat. CP/CPPS should not be viewed solely as a physical phenomenon, as psychological and social factors impact the patient’s experience of the disease. Instead, examining CP/CPPS from a biopsychosocial perspective lets us understand illness as a dynamic process that integrates biological, psychological, and social variables that can perpetuate the patient’s pain experience. This chapter is aimed at exploring biopsychosocial factors like catastrophizing, depression, and social relationships that affect quality of life in men living with CP/CPPS. These factors all come together under the umbrella of self-regulation theory and how patients with CP/CPPS cope with their symptoms and their pain. The self-regulation theory suggests that the way patients cope with their illness is influenced by how illness appraisals as well as the patients’ beliefs about how to cope effectively. Psychosocial interventions targeting patients’ ability to self-regulate and cope with their symptoms are explored as a way to improve their quality of life and to help manage painful experiences. Finally, this chapter identifies other biopsychosocial factors that warrant exploration in future research. Understanding how the mechanisms of the biopsychosocial perspective can affect the experience of CP/CPPS will not result in a cure. However, understanding the way in which biopsychosocial factors interact can help inform ways of improving patient quality of life, decreasing symptom related disability, and improving coping with chronic pain.
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2017/11/10
DO  - 10.5680/lhuii000003
LA  - en
L1  - https://books.publisso.de/en/system/getFile/139
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.5680/lhuii000003
L2  - https://dx.doi.org/10.5680/lhuii000003
PB  - German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
CY  - Duesseldorf
ER  -